Afghan security forces suffered scores of casualties in heavy fighting, officials said on Monday, as Taliban militants step up battlefield pressure while seeking a political settlement with the United States.

First results from a clinical trial of a procedure to open obstructed airways in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) have shown that it significantly reduces problems associated with the disease and is safe.
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U.S. President Donald Trump warned Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Sunday not to threaten the United States or face the consequences, hours after Rouhani told Trump that hostile policies toward Tehran could lead to “the mother of all wars.”

Researchers have shed new light on the psychiatric and neurological problems that Ebola survivors can suffer from, and call for more specialist support for the most severely affected patients.
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Wineries worldwide are confronting climate change as warming temperatures push viticulture further north. Vintners in Oregon and California are creating new wine-growing regions in areas known for their cooling coastal breezes. (June 28)